Japan Endemic Animal and Plant Families Checklist

Japan

Checklist of Endemic Animal and Plant Families

This list of animal and plant families found exclusively in Japan is based on the taxonomy used in the Mammal Diversity Database (2020) for mammals, del Hoyo & Collar (2014 & 2016) for birds, the Reptile Database (2018) for reptiles, AmphibiaWeb (2018) for amphibians, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (2023) for fishes, and Mabberley (2017) for vascular plants. Invertebrates are based on Zhang (2013), Zhang (2011), and Roskov et al. (2014) depending on the group. Families described after these sources are indicated by the year of description. For further details on the sources and possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

* = endemic order and class (includes Thermozodia/Mesotardigrada)

Sciadopityaceae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Biwadrilidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Annelida Clitellata )

Nippononychidae 4 gen. 10 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Opiliones)

Kantacaridae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Trombidiformes)

Nipponacaridae 1 gen. 3 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Trombidiformes)

Choreftriidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Hexanauplia) 2022

Luciobliviidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Protodulichiidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca) 2019

Archidactylinidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Maxillopoda)

Probathylepadidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Maxillopoda) 2015

Protolatiremidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Maxillopoda)

Tegobomolochidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Maxillopoda)